president obama leads in preelection polls for 51 electoral votes. romney leads for another 22. but those lead guys, each candidate leave them each short. the states left, the battlegrounds that we have been talking about more months are states carried by president obama four years ago. in the south, three big ones, polls close at 7:00 in virginia and 8:00 p.m. in the state of iowa in ohio, the most fairly contested battleground. the polls close at 7:30. iowa at 10:00 p.m. finally, in colorado they close at 10:00. these are the places that will decide the election and. >> you don't get any sleep anymore john. i know you can handle it. >> we will see you at 5:00 am tomorrow sharp when we are here. >> i'm spending the night here, man. >> i thought i saw the mattress. >> i got a pillow too. >> living large. >> okay. >> another state to watch and one of the three swing states obama need to win this election is nevada with it's six electoral votes. the polls close at 10:00 eastern time. jane has an update. >> reporter: actually i'm outside caesar's palace where they are filming "hang